State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Montana vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Montana, $40,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.8%
Montana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $40,900
- p25
- $38,040
- p75
- $47,550
- p10
- $36,780
- p90
- $49,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
New York
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $48,590
- p25
- $43,760
- p75
- $51,980
- p10
- $38,450
- p90
- $59,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.